Articles tagged “melbourne”
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Amway Brings 16,000-Person Incentive Group to Melbourne
For its 30th Birthday Celebration, Amway's 16,000 delegates will use a total of 32,000 room nights, dine in 50 different restaurants, and visit dozens of local attractions throughout the month of April.
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Taylor Swift Concerts Break Hotel Records in Australia
In February 2024, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, experienced record hotel occupancy and rates, attributed to Taylor Swift's Eras tour, with significant yearly increases in occupancy, average daily rates, and revenue per available room.
Turkish Airlines Makes Australian Debut – Should Qantas Be Worried?
Competition is heating up in the land Down Under, as the world’s most connected airline enters the Australian market for the first time.
Standard International to Debut New Hospitality Brand, The StandardX
Standard International is trying to take lessons from its successes 25 years ago and apply them to its latest brand today.
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Ritz-Carlton Properties in Melbourne and Perth Up for Sale
The Ritz-Carlton hotels in Melbourne and Perth are being sold for approximately $500 million, attracting bids from wealthy Australians and offshore investors.
Skift Travel Megatrend for 2016: Smart Cities Are Now Platforms
Cities often tell us more than we know what to do with, but with the right thinking this surfeit of intelligence can be turned into an exceptional opportunity to distinguish destinations.
Greg Oates |
Melbourne Convention Bureau CEO on Marketing a City’s Intellectual Capital
Melbourne illustrates the business potential of sharing knowledge industry networks between city governments, convention bureaus, local businesses and residents to co-create next generation conferences.
Greg Oates |
How Melbourne Transit’s ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ Won the Internet
It's rare to see a transit agency that takes a chance on anything, let alone a PSA about danger. Here's to giving government agencies more leeway.
Ann-Christine Diaz |
Melbourne’s ‘Remote Control Tourist’ Shows Potential of Wearables in Tourism
Even if Google Glass does not take off in its current form, wearables are here to stay. This campaign, though unwieldy from a usability perspective, will help show the potential of this technology and its application in travel and the marketing of it.
Rafat Ali |